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How to Use Your Own Videos in The Sims 2

"The Sims 2" is a computer game sequel to the original Sims game. Players control people in their daily lives, decorating their houses, buying goods, going to work and balancing their needs. Sims can own a variety of objects, including a television. Players can put their own videos into the game that will then be shown on the television. The videos must be formatted to be a specific type, a specific size and have a specific frame rate. They must also be placed in a specific folder in the game.

Things You'll Need

Video editing software.

Instructions

- 1
  Open your video editing software and edit your videos to be 128 by 128 pixels in size. Edit them to this size to make sure they fit on the game screen. Use whatever video software you are comfortable and skilled at using.
- 2
  Change the frames per second to be 15 and save all your videos as ".avi" file extensions. Give them descriptive names such as "sportsblooper.avi" or "homevideopark.avi."
- 3
  Click on the "Start" menu on the bottom of the screen and navigate to the "My Documents" folder. Select it and open the "EA Games" folder, then "The Sims 2" folder, then the "Movies" folder and finally the "Broadcast" folder.
- 4
  Drag your folders into the "Broadcast" folder. Start the game and turn on your television.
- 5
  Change the channel in the game by right clicking on the television to open a channel menu. Look for a channel with your saved video name. Select it to play and automatically loop your video.

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